I put upright bass strings on this bass guitar...and I'm never taking them off!
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"I put strings on this bass guitar...and I'm never taking them off!" - every bassist ever
"Put strings on"? 🤔
What are you talking about?
All mine already had strings on when I bought them, you can buy them without strings and then have to put them on yourself? That seems like a lot of extra work, and expense.
Just buy the ones with strings already on mate, you'll be set for the next 20 or 30 years at least! 🙂👍
If you use decent flatwounds then you’ll never notice the difference
😂
I say that. But then it gets to the point my fingers smell bitter and metallic after playing and eventually I buy a new set.
Your words are hurtful.
You've just nailed that Motown/Northern Soul sound that lots of people have been after for ages, only it's the super expensive method. But hey, well done you!
It's been a while since I changed double bass strings and oof I didn't realize they'd gotten to around $100 by now.
And the rest!
A _decent_ set of upright strings are seriously expensive
Don't I know it! @@MidlifeRenaissanceMan
"You've just nailed that Motown/Northern Soul sound that lots of people have been after for ages" wouldn't that be P-bass + flatwounds + sponge under the bridge
The bow actually worked pretty well
I liked it too!... just some practice to gain a bit of control.
@@nintzelj You'd probably have to modify a bit too to be able to play each separate string. It's too flat as is.
i thought so
Drone me a sweet lullaby from the darkest depths of debauchery, the bow made it a Monster! Love it!
I thought the bow had a cool sound. I also like the look of the twisted strings on it.
NEVER TRIM THE STRINGS!!!!! The headstock looks delightfully chaotic. It's absolutely f'n PUNK!
Your first effort with a bow sounds worlds better than some beginner violinists that I've heard.
Frets help with that haha
It really does!!
bernadette is probably one of the best motown bass riffs i cant lie
That's a signature bass tone
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you´re like a bassplayer´s bass player hahahaha freaking love your videos man!!!!!1
That BEHS's tone with the front bridge pickup only sounds like the tone on the Sly & The Family Stone song "Family Affair."
Mr. Sapko,
I have now subscribed, partly because you have a 2-pickup bass with a real neck pickup.
It does sound awesome. Strings made for bowed instruments are on a different level than what most of us are used to. I like to think there's some wild-ass voodoo metallurgical sh*t going on, but who knows.
I attempted to learn the strange bass called a "violincello" and I eventually developed some rather violent feelings toward the bow. There's a reason violinists start at age 1 or something, with little 1/32 size violins; bowing is insanely difficult. Forget mastering accurate intonation on a fretless board- that's the easy part. Using a bow to make sounds that don't recall the bloodcurdling mating shriek of rutting she-demons is an art that allows no shortcuts to proficiency. Hats off to any who master it.
LoL
Hmm... I can attest to that, Although I mainly like to play behs, I also own a cello which I like to play the day after my neighbours have kept me up the night before. I should also add, I use the term 'play' very loosely. Although I'm a pretty good bass player, I'm totally useless on the cello. Using a bow is like trying to pick up marbles with chopsticks.
I started the violin aged 5. Why anybody would give that instrument to a child I will never know. I gave up aged 13, having never successfully made a noise that didn’t sound like someone torturing an animal.
I hate that. She-demons completely ignore the noise ordinance, and there's no way to stop them. Then when they do stop, little Shizuka next door starts practicing the violin. Ya just can't win.
@@MrOtistetrax5 years? You lasted far longer than I did. It was less than a year for me, in fourth grade. How long do string players have to practice before they can make anything but scratches and screetches? It must take exceptional patience.
In 2002, I custom ordered by Warwick Custom Shop Corvette Proline short scale fretless specifically to tune it in either ADGC or CGDA (in fifths, cello tuning). When I first got it, I would use the top four strings of a 6-string set of flatwounds, but then I finally got to trying it with the cello tuning. I bought a custom gauge set of D'Addario Chromes guitar strings (not the bass versions), with the lightest wound string, .020, but it just would not withstand tuning up to A without breaking. So, I bought a set of D'Addario Prelude (student grade) 4/4 medium tension cello strings (which are compatible with magnetic pickups, and they are solid steel cores, and they have been on ever since, though I am thinking lately of going back to fourths tuning. D'Addario does make a set of Helicore (professional grade) cello strings for use with bass guitar E Standard tuning, as well, with stranded steel cores.
Fifths (CGDA) tuning is why I want an electric U-Bass (with roundwound or tapewound strings). The neck would be short enough to get around easily despite the intervals. Unfortunately, they don't make string sets conducive to doing this.
That Tool figure sounded great.
Man! You've got that tone... 1:55 very similar to BB Dickerson on Black Man's Burdon, Nuts, Seeds-and Life. One of my favorite electric bass moments ever!
macca: "long shiny ones".
every other bassist: "what he said".
That BEHS sounds incredible , cool idea .❤
I'd be interested in hearing those strings on a Rickenbacker, probably the best vintage bass tone
Sounds really cool! Any idea what kind of upright strings they are? If you don't know the Brand/Model, can you tell the composition? Are they gut? Are they steel wrapped or synthetic wrapped? Is the core steel or synthetic?
they have to have steel somewhere for the electromagnetic pickups to work.
@@4chanbannedband570They have to have metal in them, but it doesn't have to be steel.
@@johnm2012 magnetic pickups would require iron (steel) to work. Iron (the primary component of steel) is the only magnetic metal, as far as I know).
@@jimcady9309 I'm afraid you're wrong on both counts. Firstly, magnetic pickups will work with any strings that conduct electricity. That means any metal or any of a number of non-metallic materials that happen to conduct electricity. A conductor vibrating within a magnetic field has a varying electric current induced into it. That current has a small varying magnetic field associated with it which is detected as a disturbance to the main magnetic field by the coil of wire in the pickup. Secondly, there are many magnetic materials other than iron. Cobalt and nickel are two examples. So, to reiterate my point, the main requirement of a string to be used with a magnetic pickup is that it conduct electricity. With that requirement in mind any material with that property can be chosen for the purpose.
Now compare it with flatwounds!
I wonder how much strain they put on the neck.
I would think less than normal electric bass strings
This’s noice! Now, you should try to put roundwound strings on the double-behs and go at it with the bow and overdrive crancked up 🤷🏼♂️🙈
That’s properly awesome. Can’t see me doing it any time soon, but definitely a cool super flatwound sound.
imagine a fretless with this
The sound of those strings is epic man! Good job!!
It sounds like a Hofner violin bass with the tone rolled right off.
You can get that sound on just about any electric bass. The key is flat wound strings.
Why haven’t you cut the strings-residue on the headstock? The headstock looks like a spider😂🤟🏻
It sounds like the Hofner bass with flatwounds on it.
That sounds fuckin awesome could you imagine doing a metal track with those? EPIIIIICCC!!!!!
Omni Bass Strings by D'addario would work better
Shit, dude!! I was just thinking of this! I bought some synthetic cat gut strings for my upright and still have the. Original strings. I was just thinking what it was be like to have upright strings on my electric. Awesome vids man!!!
That bow flashed Kate Bush through my brain. Under Ice from Hounds of Love.
Great sound!
Can be 'most distinctive', but can't be 'most unique'. Kick me. All best.'
it's different, sure. Reminds me of the u-behs sound. Compact.
Nice light saber sounds. And keep playing with that bow, see if you can start a fire.
3:15: "i need a bit more practice....." not just that - but you fail to spot the lekky bass has a flat fretboard, while the accoustic bass's has a high curve. this means you cannot play the middle two strings. if you jack up the middle two strings, fretting above #5 puts the string out of tune. it's a non-starter - don't ask how i know !!
Didn't watch the video, but read the title and thought: "Did he not know that flatwounds exist for electric bass?"
Thought the same thing.
The Labella Low Tension Flats on my non-reverse Thunderbird get a very similar response, for those who want to try something similar I do recommend a Thunderbird (at least the pickups) with the traditional 3 point bridge for this. The bridge and strings together choke the sustain just enough to thump without going with foam or other tricks. An EB0 or EB3 or SG bass would rock here too.
Actually you are on to something here. It sounds pretty good. Very inventive.
this is the nastiest most disgusting noise i've ever heard out of a bass. well done
You can get a very similar sound using flatwounds less expensive as well
kallium can and probably would make round wound strings that would fit the double bass
Are those piezo pickups? I though electric strings were made with different materials so the electrical signal works better
I think modern upright strings are as metallic as electric strings. Back in the day, they were animal gut ("cat gut" which actually came from sheep?)
I'm not a fan of that muted AM radio sounding bass. But I love your videos!
Loving videos Danny, I’d love to see some slap licks on the chowny SWB1 or some basic grooves. I’ve got one of the last Indian made SWB1’s from Stephen and it plays beautifully and I find it great for “trying to learn slap” some basic slap grooves or series would be great. Something to get started with style. Keep groovin my fellow Yorkshire man 🤘😎🤘
I’m impressed the bow actually worked! Very cool
I once bowed a bass guitar with regular roundwounds. It works, you just dont have the fingerboard radius to play the middle strings.
Of course it worked, a bow works on really any stringed instrument
That sounds fantastic!
This is the most perfect bass guitar tone ever 🥰 Must do!
Man I think you just started something, I like it
Really interesting idea. How do they compare to a regular set of flats? Great video
I was wondering the exact same thing
I'm honestly not hearing anything different than regular flats like a Fender set. Maybe a little muting but no different from foam or palm muting. If he hadn't told it and I just heard it I wouldn't notice.
Literally 0 difference, if the speaker is changed out, it will make a difference in tone
With no comparison this video is completely pointless
Sounds like my old hofner with flats
The tool bass line sounded perfect 👌
Love Your vids Danny.
I’ve only just come across them and I think there great.
Thank You
Danny, whats a good cheap amp for a bass
Wonder how long they will last with the frets?
Woah it actually does sound amazing lol
How does the tension feel on them?
they should make those strings but for electric bass length
Basically just flatwounds
They do...they're called flat wound strings.
this actually sounded great
My 1971 Pre sounds pretty gnarly/Jamerson-like....buuuuuuuuut, this is just FILTHY awesome (#1) - THIS IS GOLD
Gets pretty trippy afterwards...very interesting though
Cheers
That's a fantastic tone !
Okay, I like that sound a lot!
Wouldn't a longscale have been a little better for this?
I love that tone
I'm always looking for serious bass videos but fun videos are cool too thanks for the cool content
that final question provided the ultimate solution for upright strings on electric bass, tho.
I'm rebuilding this 70s Japanese Les Paul copy BEHS..... I might try this.
Fantastic videos all around I don’t play any instruments but I feel like I need t play BEHS after finding your channel
It's the same result as flats, you would be better of with real flats
Sounded really cool, cheers Danny!
Your crazy ideas and fancies are bordering on the brink of GENIUS.
As a non musician that enjoys watching musical experimentation... I wish folks who make videos like this would include a comparison of how it sounded not just now, but BEFORE!
Because for *me,* not having that A|B comparison, I'm just like "🤷♂️ Yup, still sounds like a bass!" 🥴
Funky Disco-Funktionalität, hun! So deep and dark I love it so much. Gonna try it with my Rickenbacker 4003w someday.
("Sgt.J."). I, Haven't really found his Posts Funny. Or, That interesting... But, I'll give ya 1 this time. 👍
"I'm never taking them off..."
"...I might put them on the upright later."
WHICH ONE IS IT
Haha, good video! Bow sounded menacing.
Much easier and cheaper to just buy nylon tape wounds that are meant for electric bass guitar. Often overlooked but quite a few companies make these including Labella, D'Addario, Rotosound, Fender, Pyramid, and GHS.
Acoustic bass strings have a much higher internal damping and also less magnetic content. So they're dark and thumpy and they're under-driving your pickups. They sound cool, but I think as a performer being limited to "dark, dry, thumpy" would cause some annoyance.
I use ernie ball 2832s= 105 e. 85a.70d. 50g... I get told those are too heavy 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Like hear my fretless long neck bass opted for rich lite fretboard less scratching, using rotosound 88 Flatwounds silk warped string P J combo pickups, I don't understand Rock or slap funk style bass double bass tuba understand so was going most closely to double bass sound using old Vox t 60 bass Amp ti acquire acoustic bass tone from electric
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So, do you have any instruments strung with flatwounds (for electric bass)? Electric bass strings started as flats because they came from. . .the upright bass. So, anyway, I'm curious to know how these strings differ from flats for electric bass.
I have OCD about stuff like that. Here's the deal, you give it a proper haircut and I'll subscribe 😆
They sound great BTW, they even have that double bass attack.
Nice tone, and great playing!
Standard pickups rely on the strings having good magnetic permeability, which is to say, the ability to become magnetized in the presence of a magnetic field. Not only do different metals have very different values, even different steels have very different values. Upright bass strings have a wide variety of constructions, and they will each perform very differently for magnetic pickups. This isn't as simple as "use upright bass strings". You need to know exactly the construction of those strings.
Request please: bass guitar roundwound strings on upright bass
Not much different from Fender green-plastic-wrapped bass strings. Less talk, more action.
Epiphone, huh? I have a '80 Epiphone Genesis. The thing is THICK and HEAVY! It is the heaviest instrument I have.
Sounds, like they are worn in. Good move I was curious myself but there is no way I am putting my contrabass strings on my electric. They are just way to expensive.
However now I do want to know how gut strings sound?
Dang. I really like the way it sounds.
are you the best bass player in the world?? starting to think so
I will just admit i haven't watched all the way through, tho I will say... what band do you play in that wants all those notes? But about the tone - Have you mentioned or tried flatwounds? Same thing really. Or if you want motown... just get a piece of firm felt and jam it under the strings next to the bridge. That's more or less what they all did, and what i do or ask for on my original recordings.
If you never want to take off those upright strings , why don’t you cut them off at the head of the bass guitar ? It looks rather messy .
I have both, an electric upright bass and a fretless bass guitar but do not see the use of this dark and muddy sound on the bassguitar . But it is my opinion.
And upright bass strings are rather expensive and after mounting them you will not use about 40% of them .
But you play well. Love your funky style
That bow was WAY TOO TIGHT! As an orchestral bass player, it kinda hurt :(
that 1st riff reminds me of a lot of 70s cop shows like Starsky & Hutch, or Kojack. :D
It`s BEHSically a horizontal behs now😅
I think you are onto something with that bow... Maybe some effects like an echo, reverb or chorus..
I often find it a pain to mute the strings on most basses including my own. Those upright strings with a pick sound muted. With the foam you sound like you are using a pick. Yeah don't ever change those strings ever.
Should get a bow for your upright.
Look for a German style Bass bow as it’s easier for the casual player.
But.... What does it sound like if you slap it? Apart from all the screaming in agony
This is the bass equivalent to putting acoustic strings on an electric guitar...I'm sure someone has tried it before haha
I bet Stringjoy would make you roundwounds long enough for an upright!
Great sound overall. The picked demo was best, hard to beat that Tool run though.
Huh, I got a Fender jazz with a 7,25" radius, it might be good for the bowing use 🤔
Yuk! Lol - I love super twang, a le Entwistle, so not to my taste at all, sorry.
Bridge is wrong shape for bowing too.